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To his Excellency Archibald Roan [sic] Esq^r Governor
in and over the State of Tennessee the petition
of the undersigned On behalf of Peter Bean
humbly [co?]presenteth

That the said before named Peter Bean
hath [?], at the Honorable [?] [Couch] of [?]
continued and held in and for the District of Washington
in the State of Tennessee on the [first?] monday of
March in the year our our Lord one thousand and Eight
hundred and three - been found guilty, by a
Jury of his Country, of the crime of petit [sic] larceny
on an indictment on that [pursued?] against him -
and is now liable to the punishment prescribed
by law for such offence

We therefore whose names all hereto Subscribed
do think our selves authorised, by the circumstances
of the said case of the said Peter Bean, and in
consideration of his character, which has been proved
to have been good prior to the commission of
the offence where with he is now charged and
found Guilty - to [Recommend?] him the said
Peter Bean to Your Excellency as a proper
Object to whom to the benefit of a pardon which
you are by the constitution of the state of
Tennessee vested with the power of Granting
and therefore do [Recommend?] the said Peter Bean
to your Excellency as such and pray that Your
Excellency may grant such a pardon to him according
ly

James Gatbreaith
Nathaniel Davis
W^m Paine
James Foyly

David Kussel
James Miller
John Johnson
Joseph Wilson
Jn^o. Adair

Isaac Lane
Thomas Stuart
Matthew Aiken
Hen Harkleroad